What is introduced/told to the audience in the opening 2 minutes of the film;
• Starts off with cells in a leaf - this suggests that the film is about science, maybe specifically biology.
• Shots of outer space - this suggests that space comes into the science or the film in some way.
• Lots of short takes of places/people on Earth are used - this shows that the film is set on Earth rather than in space.
• A voiceover is used - this sets the scene for the film and suggests hostile extra terrestrial activity towards Earth.
• The film is set in the 21st century.
• Only non-diegetic sound/music and ambient sound is used.
What I thought of the opening sequence;
The opening sequence of War of the Worlds hasn't inspired me for my own thriller opening as, personally, I found the opening sequence of the film quite boring and it didn't make me want to watch the rest of the film. On the other hand, I quite liked the way that the first shot went from the inner workings of a cell to the leaf that that cell was a part of.
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